Anytime you have someone else do some of the work for you it's more expensive.. A cut up chicken is more expensive than a whole chicken that you have to cut up yourself.. Salad in a bag is much more expensive than buying a head of lettuce, some red cabbage, and carrots and putting it together yourself.. Even grated cheese costs more than a block you grate. So it shouldn't be a surprise that a pre-cut fabric bundle would be more expensive.. Some of these things are worth the price for the convenience, other times it makes better sense to cut it yourself. I guess what matters most is how much money do you have to spend, and how much time do you have... Even though I don't like it I sometimes have bought a bag of salad fixings because I just didn't have the time.